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Forget the blue tape. Its crap! Go for the Frog Tape, its green and works like a champ. It reacts with latex paint to turn it into a gel and stops it from bleeding onto the wall. It is a little more expensive, but well worth it. As long as your tape lines are straight you will be golden.

Since I just purchased my new home I too have been a paintaholic lately. Every room in the house needed painting. 4 down 4 to go. Blue tape sux. Frog tape wins. Umm those edger pads with wheels are great for going around trim too. Angled 2" brush for cutting in is great too.

I don’t use painters tape on the wall / ceiling joint…it’s a pita and most joints aren’t straight. I always paint the ceiling first, and let the ceiling paint seep into the seem and slightly down onto the walls to hide the joint imperfections. I then use an angled sash brush to cut in the wall paint to the ceiling & the upper 3-4 inches or so of the wall. Alternatively, the Shur-line edge pro (~5 bucks at home depot) works well, but you have to clean the wheels.

Btw, raw sheetrock sucks up a lot paint. You need to establish a good base layer (several coats of primer). Otherwise it will just absorb your top coat – unevenly and cause blotching. I think chair railing is supposed to be 3 feet up from the floor.

I was a trim carpenter for about 5 years. there is no required height for chair rail. it depends on what style you are doing. are there shadow boxes below? beaded plywood? etc. most common height is actually 38" (top of rail) which is generally the height of the back of an "average" chair.

best answer is to measure from the ground to the back of your chair and subtract 1", set the top of your rail at that height. (unless you have really high back chairs, then it will look goofy.)

good tips...i'll check out the frog tape and see if i can find some.....

stephan.....it is just a regular small bathroom....my gfriend has these crazy ideas and wants to put a white piece of chair rail....or should i say thin moulding.....i don't know what it is exactly called i guess.....picture a fancy piece of wood like 2 inches wide.....is that still considered chair rail?

anyway my concern was that it is a small room....i am doing alot of work redoing this and DO NOT wanna have to redo it.....she is pretty much set on this idea and i just want it to look ok......there's hardly gona be any on the walls.....you gotta stop at the vanity.....then there is a really small section of wall in the corner and the opposite wall in the room across from the bathroom......

good tips...i'll check out the frog tape and see if i can find some.....

stephan.....it is just a regular small bathroom....my gfriend has these crazy ideas and wants to put a white piece of chair rail....or should i say thin moulding.....i don't know what it is exactly called i guess.....picture a fancy piece of wood like 2 inches wide.....is that still considered chair rail?

anyway my concern was that it is a small room....i am doing alot of work redoing this and DO NOT wanna have to redo it.....she is pretty much set on this idea and i just want it to look ok......there's hardly gona be any on the walls.....you gotta stop at the vanity.....then there is a really small section of wall in the corner and the opposite wall in the room across from the bathroom......